Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal information is:

• Company: Farm Hospitality
• Website: www.farm-hospitality.com
• Email: hello@farm-hospitality.com

2. Data We Collect

Information you provide directly

• Email address (newsletter subscription)
• Name and email (contact form)
• Message content (contact form)

Information collected automatically

• IP address and approximate location
• Browser type and operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on site
• Referring website or source

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

• To send you our newsletter with curated content, new property additions, and travel inspiration
• To respond to your enquiries and contact form submissions
• To improve the website and understand how visitors use it
• To comply with our legal obligations

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases in accordance with the GDPR:

• Consent — for newsletter subscriptions and marketing communications
• Legitimate interest — for website analytics and improving our service
• Contract performance — when responding to direct enquiries

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate our site:

• Google Tag Manager — manages and deploys tracking scripts. No data is sent to Google until you give cookie consent. Google Privacy Policy
• Google Analytics 4 — anonymous website analytics, only activated after cookie consent. Google Privacy Policy
• Beehiiv — manages newsletter subscriptions and email delivery. Beehiiv Privacy Policy
• Formspree — processes contact form submissions. Formspree Privacy Policy
• Google Fonts — web typography (no personal data stored)

These services have their own privacy policies and we encourage you to review them.

6. Data Retention

We retain your data only for as long as necessary:

• Newsletter subscribers — until you unsubscribe
• Contact form submissions — up to 12 months
• Analytics data — up to 26 months (anonymised)

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure — request deletion of your personal data
• Right to restriction — limit how we process your data
• Right to data portability — receive your data in a structured format
• Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to withdraw consent — at any time, without affecting prior lawful processing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@farm-hospitality.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience. When you first visit, a cookie consent banner is displayed. Analytics cookies are only activated after you explicitly accept.

• Essential cookies — required for the site to function (language preference). Always active.
• Analytics cookies — help us understand site usage via Google Analytics 4, managed through Google Tag Manager. Only active after consent.

You can withdraw or change your cookie consent at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer. You can also control cookies through your browser settings.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All data transmission uses HTTPS encryption.

10. International Transfers

Some third-party services we use may transfer data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.